Ethiopia - Boledu Coffee | Natural Sun Dried | Aricha Grade 1 | Raspberry, Vanilla, Cacao

Boledu Coffee

Ethiopia

Natural - Sun Dried

Aricha Grade 1

Tasting Notes: Raspberry | Vanilla | Cacao

Aricha is one of the washing stations in Yirgacheffe that supply Mebrahtu Aynalem's coffee exporting business Boledu.

The station and dry mill were founded by Boledu in partnership with Abyote Ageze and local farmers. "We are the 2nd generation of coffee growers and now traders in our families. We decided to build a natural coffee processing site in Aricha to be used by the smallholders living in the region. Roughly 1500 growers use the facility and we have 220 raised African beds for coffee drying," explains Mebrahtu.

Boledu means "source" in the local language, the coffee is sourced directly from the washing stations and not purchased from the Ethiopian Coffee Exchange (ECX). This ensures full transparency on pricing and also, thanks to the embedded agronomist and quality supervisors, consistently high quality coffee.

Boledu has forged strong bonds with local small holders. The education programme, funded by Boledu, where the farmers are trained in the latest coffee cultivation techniques and the optimum harvesting procedures most suited to speciality coffee cherries has enabled more growers than ever before to produce specialty graded coffee with the associated premium pricing contributing to rising the living standards of the local communities.